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Iraq Archery Event - Doug Besherse further reports on his visit to Iraq.

November News & Articles

Nov Online Hunts & Events

Nov 30 - Point Me To Those Wild Turkeys

Afternoon - I slipped into the blind (Double Bull), set my camera and bow down. Woops! Wild turkeys! Yikes, I ain't ready. To The Hunt...

Nov 27 - 30 - Stuck

Saturday Afternoon - At the river stand a zillion turkeys roosted all over the area. I slipped out, figuring on returning in the morning. Wrong! My truck bogged down in a mud seep and I walked 2 miles to get home. GO...

Nov 27 - Short Fat Fanny
Morning - All the wild turkeys flew down and went into the woods and on to parts unknown. At 9:00 I stepped out of the blind to look for my wild hog from the afternoon hunt the day before. To The Hunt...

Nov 26 - Fatso The Hog
Afternoon - Back at Rick's River stand something stepped in some leaves behind me and the distinctive wild hog aroma caught my attention. A very fat, black wild boar walked into my shooting window. I drew but it stopped behind a tree.To The Hunt & Pics....

Morning: l went to the river to turkey hunt. They flew down and were in the area for two hours, but I was about 40 yards shy of being in the thick of it. Driving back home I saw a bomber buck cross the woods road in front of me.

Nov 25 - Thanksgiving afternoon
Afternoon: a lone doe walked through the trees at the Hammer Hole.

Nov 24 - The Rut Is On
Morning at the Food Plot treestand. Shooting light came as longhead doe walked toward me. I was ready. It stopped and looked back, an 8-point was on her trail. The Hunt & Pictures...

Nov 23 - Same Thing
Morning at the Food Plot and Afternoon at Secret Stand #3 had the same results, nothing. I put my Double Bull at the Point where there are lots of deer and turkey tracks.

Back In The Home Woods: (Nov 22)
AFTERNOON: Hammer Hole Action
It rained most of the day. At 4:00 I made the muddy drive to the back 200 and walked to the Hammer Hole. 3 does came from the east, they kept looking back and I passed a good 10 yard shot at a boss doe to see what was following. It walked behind me and I never got a look at it.
At 5:30: I heard hogs to my left. They stopped and grunted. Movement to my right got my attention. A monster black, wild boar was on the trail to my right and I got ready for a 10 yard shot as he walked behind a tree. But the boar turned and came out 30 yards away. He growled, eerily & loudly at the other hogs and they all left. This was the biggest wild hog I've ever seen. His nose looked as large as my two fists.

Hunting The Ohio Rut
Bowhunting With Crabby
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Jump Starting 'Scrape City'
What Dennis did and what hapened

Deer were not scraping at Scrape City in early October. Last year the bucks had worn the overhanging limb out so Dennis added a leafy beach limb by attaching a Branch Bracket to the tree and inserting the beach limb in it (see pics). To Scrape City & Pics

Time To Go...

Our Ohio hunt is over. We jammed our hunting stuff in my truck, fastened it down with the very handy Rope Ratchets and hit the road. Go..

Making Scrapes, Crabby Style
Dennis created an active scrape at the Zone in early October. This is step by step, with pictures, of what he did, why he did it, what he used to do it, and what happened. To Scrapes...

Day #10: (Nov 14)
MORNING: Temp was 25, felt like 10 below to me. Here's The Hunt...

Day #9: (Nov 13)
MORNING & AFTERNOON: Peak Of The Rut
Big deer were moving. The huge Hoss Cat buck comes back to Hoss Cat Hill. To The Hunt...

Day #8: (Nov 12)
MORNING: We were rained out in the morning.
AFTERNOON: I went back to Hoss Cat Hill at 2:00. No deer moved where I hunted but I saw a few deer in the field walking to my truck.
Dennis hunted the hollow below the Zone and saw 2 does and 2 yearlings. One doe stopped 12 yards from him but he passed.
Duck hunted Wild Bill and saw one spike and an unidentified deer in the holler. More...

Day #7: (Nov 11)
MORNING & AFTERNOON: Dennis got in the rut action. Duck was into it in the morning. I had wild turkey action at Scrape City. More...

Day #6: (Nov 10)
MORNING & AFTERNOON: Dennis hunted Scrape City in the morning. 4 bucks came by my Double Bull blind and I got some pics. Could have made a mistake too. On the afternoon hunt Dennis saw an 8-pt bomber. To Day #6...

Day #5: (Nov 9)
MORNING & AFTERNOON: The rut action has both the bucks and does on the move. To Day #5 Hunt...

MID DAY - The New Wild Bill Stand
Dennis wanted to put a stand on a deer travel corridor where he had found 3 big sheds. One was a matched set of 150 class and a 10 point that was equal. Here is what we did and how and why we did it. Setting Up Wild Bill...

Day #4: (Nov 8)
MORNING: Bucks trailed through Dennis's area at the 9-pt stand and he gets in the pit with a big 8-pt buck that he wants to tag. To Day #4

Day #3: (Nov 7)

Wow: Yesterday was jammed with being busy and dragging deer out of the Ohio woods. Here are the hunt pictures & report. To Day #3...

Day #2: (Nov 6)
Afternoon: Dennis saw an interesting buck fight. I get covered up. More On The Hunt...
Morning: Some saw 'em, some didn't. I got a surprise of the main beam kind. To Today's Hunt...

Day #1: (Nov 5)
The Duck and I sat out this morning's hunt. Yesterday Richard Pippenger got a huge doe and he and his dad "Pip" met us for lunch at Bob Evans. Pip ate so much it was really embarrassing. ;-) To The Day 1 Hunt & Pics...

Making Cool Arrows Fast

I like to make arrows up 4 or 6 at a time so yesterday I fixed up the arrows I want to use at the hunt at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch. It was easy and only took 15 minutes, here's how I did it so fast. Making Cool Arrows Fast...

Scouting For Deer 2004
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Scouting all year long, from the first buck in velvet, the first fawn sighting, and bucks with thheir antlers growing ... all this year.

2004 Bear Bowhunt In Ontario

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Who Has Their Bear So Far?
Watching the Bears 24 Hours A Day
Bears From A Ground Blind

4x4 Grand Slammer of 2004
TO HOME PAGE of 4x4 Grand Slammer...

Four bowhunters go for their online wild turkey Grand Slam, in the 2004 Spring season.
Follow, day by day, with lots of pics, Doug Crabtree, Fred Lutger, Tony Dukes and Robert Hoague on this Spring's adventure as we hunt wild turkey in Florida, South Dakota, Texas, Illinois and Ohio.
TO the hunts for the: Osceola, Rio #1, Rio #2, Merriam's, Eastern, and Who Got The Grand Slam? (the pictures)

November 2004 News
You heard it here first!

COMING: Midwest 3-D Archery Tournament - Announcing the first 3-D Tournament sponsored by WomenHunters.com. $25,000 in prizes and products to be raffled.

Deer Decoying, by T.R. Michels
Decoying deer has become one of the most productive techniques in deer hunting. The key is where you put them and when you use them.

EVALUATION: Ultra & Xtreme Limbsaver & String Leeches, by Dave Conrad - Field tests of the new Limbsaver products: the Ultra & Xteme Limbsavers. Quiver Inserts, String Leeches and more.

Meet Our Field Evaluation Team
One of our featured sections is the product Evaluations done by our Field Testers.
Meet: Jon Silks, Dave Conrad & Cory Kittle.

EVALUATION: BowFit Archery Exerciser, by Cory Kittle - BowFit is your answer to keeping fit, able to pull your bow, hold steady or to handle more weight.

Hunt Of A Lifetime, by Randy Oitker - Hunt of a Lifetime organization asks Randy to guide the 15 year old hunt winner on an Elk hunt and gets spectacular results.

Elk, Ray?

Elk Bowhunt, by Ray Howell
Go along with Ray on his bowhunt for trophy Bulls in the state of Utah.

EVALUATION: Arizona E-Z FLETCH Carbon Pro & Aluminum Four Degree Offset
If you have hesitated to fletch your own arrows because you thought it was going to be a hassle, hesitate no more.

WE HAVE A WINNER - The 1st & 2nd entry failed to claim the Oct Sweepstakes before the deadline. A 3rd entry was selected and claimed and won the 46 archery & bowhunting pizes.

Roy Keefer goes to New Zealand

Bowhunt For Red Stag In New Zealand, by Roy Keefer - Roy Keefer has bowhunted the world over. New Zealand offers a new challenge for Red Stag.

NEW: NIKON Team RealTree Compact Hunting Binocular - Nikon's top line hunting binoculars, strong, tough and compact and now with RealTree Camouflage.

ASK NORB, by Norb Mullaney
From the pages of Bowhunting World
The master answers questions about Finger Shooting, Arrow Penetration, Limb Replacements, Carbon vs Aluminum.

Steve Bartylla likes it cold!

Going In Cold, by Steve Bartylla
From the pages of BowMasters
Never hunt unprepared. Steve tells you how to know what and where to hunt before you hunt.

My New "Lucky Hat", by George Tague
A great keepsake from the first Bowhunting.net online deer hunt. George shares his hunt logs and comments on the hunt.

EVALUATION: GKF BANSHEE Broadhead, by Dave Conrad - Golden Key Futura's newest cut on impact broadhead proves to be silent, accurate, razor sharp and lethal. containment arrow rest.

Bobby uses Dominate Buck Scent

Hot Trails - Candles That Bring In Bucks
Bobby Alexander is a bowhunter like most of us. Always looking for a way to bring in the bucks. He thinks he's found it.

NBEF - Preparing You For The Hunt, by Lisa Metheny - An NBEF class, where discussions and hands-on instruction are the foundation of its curriculum gives valuable insight to safety concerns and tips on hunting.

Choosing a Shed Hunting Partner, by Tom Fassbinder (from the pages of Whitetail Fanatic) - Many whitetail hunters are finding shed antler hunting a great way to spend more time in the woods.

EVALUATION: Wildlife Research Center's Scent Killer Products, by Dave Conrad
Dave tests all the Scent Killer products in the deer woods.

Balancing the Herd Rocky Mountain Style, by Bob Stotz - Field test bowhunt in Pennsylvania. Good deer action and 3 harvests with the Ironhead XP from Barrie Archery.

Dave Conrad's Opener A Big One

So How Is Dave Conrad Doing This Season? - Field Tester Dave Conrad took to the woods on opening day and it was a good one.

NEWS: Arlyne Rhode buys 3D & Bowhunting Times - A life time archer and owner of US & International Archer, Arlyne Rhode is now the owner of 3-D & Bowhunting Times Magazine.

NEW Dead Zone Bow Lite Stabilizer from Stacey Archery - Why carry more weight in the woods? This stabilizer weighs less, smooths your shot, takes out bow vibrations and improves accuracy.

Ram it Home, by Art Champoux
Things can go wrong on a hunt, but for Art Champoux it just added some excitement.

November Sweepstakes Ready - Your chance to win 44 swell prizes from today's top archery & bowhunting companies.
A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq

Should We Be There? Saddam, Iraq & Terrorism, by Doug Besherse - "The #1 thing I am asked about to my trip to Iraq is, Now that you've seen it, what do you think? Should we be there? Is President Bush doing the right thing?"
A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq

The Wheels Fell Off - Kuwait was a beautiful city and everything rolled right along. But when Doug arrived at the airport the wheels fell off and things got weird.
A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq

You Miss Things Like That, by Doug Besherse - When was the last time the bell man took your bags ... to check them for bombs?
A Bowhunter Making A Difference In Iraq

Like The Sun Coming Up In The East, by Doug Besherse - "When I had told him why I was here he said, you mean you came all the way over here to go to a moral booster event for the troops?" Doug has an unexpected and interesting delay in Kwait.

EVALUATION: Crossfire Broadheads from New Archery Products, by Jon Silks - Jon Silks takes a hard look at one of NAP's newest broadheads, the Ultra-short, replaceable, one-piece blade-cartridge CrossFire.

Elimitrax Controls Scent Trail, by Joe Nawrot - Your scent can end a hunt, lose you a trophy and send you home empty handed and it all begins with the walk in. Joe has a solution!

On-Hold Hunting - A Personal Journey, by Janice Baer - Some things overide the all important bow season. A heart felt reflection by Tumbleweed about her mom's last days.

Kansas Quest, by Ron Barnett
Bowhunter Ron Barnett spreads the word about a product that brought in the bucks on his Kansas hunt, Hot Trails scented deer candles.

Getting In Shape For The Hunt - the Arms, by Dan Biehl - Strong arms are crucial for the bowhunter to consistently shoot accurately. Here's how to strengthen them.

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